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The Deal: HealthMark Group, a leader in clinical information exchange, has acquired Purview, an Annapolis-based cloud medical imaging company.The Problem: Despite massive digital transformation in healthcare, an estimated two-thirds of radiological images are still shared via physical discs (CDs). This "sneaker-net" approach delays care and frustrates patients.The Solution: By integrating Purview’s cloud platform, HealthMark aims to provide a "complete clinical picture,"
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Medicomp Launches AI Validation Tools to Stop Clinical Hallucinations
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The Launch: Medicomp Systems has unveiled a new suite of intelligence tools designed to "ground" AI in clinical reality. The announcement comes ahead of the ViVE 2026 and HIMSS26 conferences.The Problem: As healthcare rushes to adopt generative AI (like ambient scribes), there is a growing risk of "inaccurate, incomplete, or poorly structured data" entering the Electronic Health Record (EHR) without validation.The Tech: Medicomp is introducing a Model Context Protocol
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The “Full-Stack” Psychiatrist: Talkiatry Raises $210M to Scale Leading Telepsychiatry Practice
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The Raise: Talkiatry has secured $210M Series D financing round led by Perceptive Advisors, with participation from Sofina and prior lead investors Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), blisce/, and Left Lane Capital, alongside a debt facility from Banc of California, bringing total raise to date to over $400M.The Scale: Talkiatry is now the nation's largest private employer of psychiatrists, with over 800 full-time W2 physicians (not contractors) and 3 million patient visits
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Maven Clinic and Color Health Partner to Expand Virtual Oncofertility Services
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The Partnership: Maven Clinic, the unicorn virtual clinic for women’s health, has partnered with Color Health, the leader in virtual cancer care, to launch a specialized "oncofertility" program.The Gap: With cancer rates rising among young adults (80,000 U.S. diagnoses annually), fewer than 50% of patients report discussing fertility preservation with their oncologist before starting treatments like chemo or radiation that could leave them infertile.The Solution: The
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Andor Health Scores Three Premier Contracts to Automate Virtual Care
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The Win: Andor Health, the leader in "agentic AI" solutions, has been awarded three separate national agreements with Premier Inc.The Categories: The agreements cover Virtual Care (effective Dec 1, 2025), Clinical Communications & Collaboration (Feb 1, 2026), and Remote Patient Monitoring (March 1, 2026).The Tech: ThinkAndor®, the company's AI-powered infrastructure, uses "agentic intelligence" to optimize workflows and reduce administrative burdens. Premier members
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The “Smart Home” for the Caregiver Crisis: Wisdom Raises $1.3M to Automate Aging in Place
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The Funding: Wisdom, a smart home startup for older adults, has raised a total of $1.3M, including a new $315k social-impact investment from the Richard King Mellon Foundation.The Tech: Unlike traditional medical alerts that require a button push, Wisdom uses ambient sensing and edge AI to detect falls and activity changes automatically. It processes data locally on a "Home Hub" to protect privacy, avoiding the need for invasive cameras or wearables.The Mission: The
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CalMHSA Deploys Eleos AI Statewide for California’s Mental Health Workers
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The Deal: The California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) has selected Eleos Health as its official AI partner. This is the behavioral health industry’s largest single deployment of AI technology to date, potentially reaching 27,000 clinicians across 27 counties.The Tech: Eleos’ AI-powered documentation tools will be embedded directly into Streamline’s SmartCare™ EHR. The system uses the new Polaris AI model (built with Google Cloud) to listen to sessions and
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Mira Announces Integration with Oura Ring to Combine Hormone Data with Sleep and Temperature Trends
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The Integration: Mira, the leader in at-home lab-grade hormone testing, has launched a direct integration with ŌURA, the maker of the popular smart ring.The Data Flow: Users can now view Oura’s biometric data—specifically sleep, readiness, and temperature trends—directly inside the Mira app, alongside their hormone concentrations.The Goal: The partnership aims to provide "context" to women's health data. By correlating a drop in sleep quality with a specific hormonal
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Canary Speech Partners with Intermountain Health to Study Vocal Biomarkers for Multiple Sclerosis
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The Partnership: Canary Speech, a leader in vocal biomarker technology, has partnered with Intermountain Ventures (the innovation arm of Intermountain Health) to launch a groundbreaking study.The Goal: The study aims to identify Multiple Sclerosis (MS) using vocal biomarkers. It is the first IRB-approved study of its kind to explore whether subtle vocal patterns analyzed by AI can reveal early indicators of the disease.The Impact: Current MS diagnosis is invasive and
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athenahealth and b.well Launch QR-Code Intake to End Paper Forms
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The Launch: athenahealth and b.well Connected Health have unveiled a new point-of-care workflow that allows patients to share health info via QR code, eliminating paper forms and faxes.The Goal: The project directly supports the CMS "Kill the Clipboard" initiative, a federal push to replace manual intake with patient-directed digital tools.The Tech: Patients aggregate their records (including wearable data) in the b.well app, generate a QR code, and practice staff scan it
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